MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.14,-88.37 Latitude: 41.14 Longitude: -88.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 45 SFC 983 192 24.6 16.8 62 7.8 19.3 231 12 299.2 301.4 293.1 335.1 12.31 2 950 491 21.0 15.8 72 5.2 17.5 230 16 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.3 11.95 3 900 956 16.4 15.0 91 1.5 15.5 230 17 298.4 300.6 292.6 333.3 11.97 4 850 1441 13.8 11.5 86 2.3 12.4 241 24 300.6 302.5 291.8 330.3 10.10 5 800 1950 10.7 6.7 76 4.0 8.4 241 30 302.6 304.0 290.5 325.6 7.71 6 750 2485 7.1 4.4 83 2.7 5.6 239 37 304.3 305.6 290.4 325.5 7.02 7 700 3050 3.2 -0.9 75 4.0 1.1 241 42 306.0 307.0 289.3 321.7 5.13 8 650 3645 -0.3 -12.2 40 11.9 -4.9 241 45 308.6 309.0 287.4 316.0 2.31 9 600 4281 -4.0 -13.8 46 9.8 -7.6 238 48 311.4 311.9 288.3 318.5 2.19 10 550 4961 -9.0 -14.1 66 5.1 -10.8 233 47 313.5 313.9 289.0 321.1 2.34 11 500 5692 -12.9 -15.5 81 2.6 -13.8 240 46 317.3 317.8 290.2 324.9 2.28 12 450 6485 -20.1 -22.7 80 2.6 -20.7 242 51 318.0 318.2 289.6 322.6 1.37 13 400 7350 -24.0 -26.6 79 2.6 -24.6 240 61 323.7 324.0 291.0 327.5 1.08 14 350 8309 -31.6 -34.6 75 2.9 -32.0 230 68 326.1 326.2 291.2 328.2 0.58 15 300 9381 -40.2 -43.4 71 3.3 -40.4 231 75 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.27 16 250 10594 -51.5 -54.9 67 3.4 -51.6 236 86 329.5 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.09 17 200 12024 -53.1 -73.6 7 20.5 -53.5 250 67 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 13866 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 239 58 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16386 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 241 42 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.39 m Freezing level: 654.81 mb = 3588.01 m = 11771.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.61 mb = 3158.08 m = 10361.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.67 C = 80.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.72 mb = 1178.55 m = 3866.59 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 19.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.23 mb = 1369.49 m = 4493.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.27 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.08 mb = 1165.43 m = 3823.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.08 mb = 1814.14 m = 5951.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.08 mb = 11043.36 m = 36231.06 ft B at Equ Level: 948.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.08 mb = 13330.69 m = 43735.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 117.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 13.97 Bulk Shear: 69.26 m/s